Lee Pace before a ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ screening Tuesday in New York.

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Lee Pace is everywhere this week.

You’ve seen glimpses of him kicking butt as elf king Thranduil in the trailer for “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” and this weekend you can see much more of the actor as villain Ronan the Accuser in Marvel’s“Guardians of the Galaxy.” Then, on Sunday, his AMC series, “Halt and Catch Fire,” airs its first season finale.

Speakeasy caught up with Pace before a screening of “Guardians” on Tuesday night in SoHo. Here’s what the star — who has also had prominent roles in Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” and “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2″ had to say:

On who wins in a fight, Ronan or Thranduil:

“Good question. We should put them up against each other. I’d like to see that movie. Ronan’s pretty tough. Ronan is pret-ty tough, but Thranduil has been tough for a long time. He’s an old, old elf.”

On the season finale of “Halt and Catch Fire,” which airs Sunday:

“I’m really, really excited about it. It was always a show about innovation, but before the characters, I believe, understood what innovation was in the 20th century. They’re not just inventing a thing, they’re tapping into a psychology in America. During the last episode and this episode, that comes in focus for Joe.”

Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy.’

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On his “Halt and Catch Fire” character Joe MacMillan:

“It’s a character I love, and a riddle that I’ve been having a really good time trying to solve — who this guy is. How do guys like this become so effective when they don’t really do anything. He’s not an engineer. He’s … an idea guy. But those ideas are potent. We know that, looking back at the events told in this story, he was right. We’ve all got a smartphone in our pocket. He was right. People wanted these computers.”

On his chances of working with Bryan Fuller again, particularly on “Hannibal”:

“Oh, I’d love to work with Bryan Fuller again. I’m on another television show right now, so we’ll see. I love what he does with ‘Hannibal.’ It’s like an indie movie that he tells every week on a television show. It’s so visual and cinematic, and no one tells a story like Bryan Fuller.”

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